We are so happy to announce that God has provided the church (IBS) a place to meet! Our church family has been praying for months in specific ways for a place to meet, in a good location, in God's timing according to his will. I confess that I felt as though God had shown us to keep meeting in our home and that I should stop praying and pursuing a rental option. My brother James and I had spent hours looking at possibilities, but they always fell through - one place of which was rented the day before we decided to go for it! But we kept it before the Lord.
So this past Wednesday, one of our converts said he had seen a real nice place, but that it may not be the best location. Little did he know that James and I had just been in that area a couple weeks ago looking ourselves! We went to look at this place yesterday at noon. The owner was there so we went in and immediately the place screamed at me - this is it! The owner shot the price at $150 more than we wanted to pay. I though "so what, everything is negotiable in Brazil." So I went home, prayed and called Agostinho, who has helped us greatly in our ministry here. He came over and we went together to speak to the owner again. After a bit of negotiation, Agostinho was able to talk the guy down to the price we wanted to spend! Thank You, Lord!
Please pray with us that God would use this place for His glory and bring many to repentance and faith. We don't want to get comfortable, as our desire is to buy land and build. But this will definitely be a big help as we get started. Thank you all who pray for us, but please don't stop.
10 comments:
SO happy for this wonderful answer to prayer! It looks wonderful!
For sure...an answer to prayer...we are so excited for you kids...we are and will be praying that many will come to true faith & repentance...
Great news! Looks like a nice place ... is there room for S.S. classrooms, too ... I assume it's just the lower level?
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the people rejoice!!! I am so excited for the answer to prayer. Thank you for sharing and will continue praying.
Sweeet David.....keep up the good work my friend!!! We will pray that you will outgrow that place soon, or maybe you could just go to five services!!!!
Praise the Lord!! We are so excited for all of your church family.
What a blessing!
What a HUGE answer to prayer. It looks like a wonderful place to meet. God is so good. We have been praying for you both as you continue to the work there as James and Christen are back in the States. We got to enjoy a couple of days with them already and are looking forward to seeing them again soon. I know you miss them but we are so thankful to have them for a few months. We will be remembering you all in prayer especially while they are here.
Paul, we are going to divide the back section to make 3 classrooms. Good question
Foi bom estar no novo espaço hoje pela manhã e poder dedicar um pouco do tempo a Deus. Não conseguimos terminar, mas já se percebeu uma grande melhora! Deus tem sido Maravilhoso conosco, merece o nosso melhor!
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